English Explanatory Dictionary

Fleet marriage

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An irregular or clandestine marriage taking place in Fleet Prison, London, England, before the Marriage Act came into force in 1754.

Word forms

Fleet marriage Fleet marriages

Related words

Fleet parson
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